Metallurgy

Metallurgy

Metal works and production.

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Solidus

Metals; Metallurgy

In a constitutional diagram, the locus of points representing the temperatures at which various components finish freezing on cooling or begin to melt on heating.

Clad metal

Metals; Metallurgy

A composite metal containing two or three layers that have been bonded together. The bonding may have been accomplished by co-rolling, welding, heavy chemical deposition or heavy electroplating.

Chromium-nickel steel

Metals; Metallurgy

Steel usually made by the electric furnace process in which chromium and nickel participate as alloying elements. The stainless steel of 18% chromium and 8% nickel are the better known of the ...

Chemical symbol Cr. Element No. 24 of the periodic system; atomic weight 52. 01. It is of bright silvery color, relatively hard. It is strongly resistant to atmospheric and other oxidation. It is of ...

Chromadizing

Metals; Metallurgy

Forming an acid surface to improve paint adhesion on aluminium or aluminium alloys, mainly aircraft skins, by treatment with a solution of chromic acid.

Charcoal tin plate

Metals; Metallurgy

Tin Plate with a relatively heavy coating of tin (higher than the Coke Tin Plate grades).

Charpy test

Metals; Metallurgy

A pendulum-type single-blow impact test in which the specimen usually notched, is supported at both ends as a simple beam and broken by a falling pendulum. The energy absorbed, as determined by the ...